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Article: East China province reports nine deaths of hand-foot-mouth disease
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 2, 2009
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East China province reports nine deaths of hand-foot-mouth
disease
JINAN, April 2 (Xinhua) -- At least nine infants have died of the
contagious hand-foot-mouth disease since the beginning of the year
in Shandong Province, the local health authority said Thursday.
The latest victims were named as Zhang Yapeng and Cao Jiakai, who
died in Heze City on Wednesday.
Zhang, 20 months, was hospitalized on March 29 and died at about
7:50 a.m. Wednesday, according to the provincal health
administration.
Cao, 16 months, was admitted to hospital on March 30. He suffered
breathing problems and his heartbeat stopped several times. He was
moved to ICU Tuesday afternoon, but died at midnight.
Heze has ...